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This is not how your story ends, it's just the beginning.

This is not how your story ends, it's just the beginning.This is not how your story ends, it's just the beginning.This is not how your story ends, it's just the beginning.This is not how your story ends, it's just the beginning.

Our work has been featured in local and regional media as part of ongoing conversations about youth substance use, fentanyl awareness, prevention, and community response. Below is a chronological collection of news articles, interviews, podcasts, and television segments highlighting our mission, programs, and advocacy 

Media Coverage & Interviews

TV SEGMENT | WEAR-TV | November 2022

TV SEGMENT | WKRG | NOVEMBER 2022

TV SEGMENT | WEAR-TV | NOVEMBER 2022

Isaiah Shepard's Memorial Speech

OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE | JANUARY 2023

Podcast Interview | Rick Outzen | January 2023

Escambia County School Board February 2023

PODCAST INTERVIEW | RICK OUTZEN | APRIL 2023

TV SEGMENT | WEAR-TV | MAY 2023

Rolling With Madrina | October 2023

NEWS ARTICLE | PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL | AUGUST 2024

NEWS ARTICLE | PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2024

TV SEGMENT | WSRE PBS | AUGUST 2024

TV SEGMENT | WSRE PBS | AUGUST 2024

TV SEGMENT | WSRE PBS | AUGUST 2024

Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 49. Steve Nissim leads a discussion among those affected by and combatting fentanyl in Pensacola. Guests include Stephanie Shepard, Hope Above Fear; Bradford Bishop, Offentsive Corp.; Melissa Moyer Pusch, Jamie’s Mom’s House. 

TV SEGMENT | WSRE PBS | AUGUST 2024

TV SEGMENT | WSRE PBS | AUGUST 2024

As well as Chief Andy Hobbs, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office; Joey Kerman, EMS CORE; and Sweneda McDonald, Lakeview Center.

Click the  link to watch the full video. 

WSRE PBS Instudio: Fentanyl Crisis in Pensacola

TV SEGMENT | WEAR | OCTOBER 2025

NEWS ARTICLE | Pensacola News Journal | October 2025

TV SEGMENT | WEAR | JANUARY 2026

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